Iran at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Iran at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRI (IRN used at these Games)
NPC	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ir
in Seoul
Competitors	35 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 4 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 8
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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	16		16
Goalball	6		6
Powerlifting	1		1
Volleyball	12		12
Total	35		35

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	1	3	7
Volleyball	1			1
Total	4	1	3	8

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw 3
Gold	Hadi Yarahmadi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 4
Gold	Javad Abdollahzadeh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 5
Gold	Ali Kashfia Mohammad Hossein Parastar Kazem Esmaeilian Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Mohammad Mostafavi Ahmad Shivani Mohsen Barati Hadi Rezaei Reza Gozali Hossein Hashemi Saeid Hanifi Reza Bodaghi	Volleyball	Men's sitting
Silver	Ahmad Rezaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw L5
Bronze	Ali Asghar Hadizadeh	Athletics	Men's shot put L5
Bronze	Reza Chavoshi	Athletics	Men's discus throw 3
Bronze	Hassan Samavati	Athletics	Men's discus throw A1–3/A9/L3

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	1st round			Quarterfinal			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jahanbakhsh Pakhireh	100 m 4	Bye						2	17.27	5	did not advance		10
	200 m 4	3	35.63	8 q				1	34.84	8	did not advance		14
	400 m 4	6	1:15.91	3 Q	1	1:13.37	7	did not advance					20
Gholamreza Rasouli	100 m 4	Bye						2	19.35	8	did not advance		16
	200 m 4	2	36.95	3 Q				2	37.23	8	did not advance		16
	Slalom 4										2:00.2	6	6
Hassan Samavati	100 m A1–3/A9/L2	3	20.83	5							Did not advance		15
Ghalandar Ataei	100 m A6/A8/A9/L4	1	12.05	5 q				1	11.88	5	did not advance		9
Javad Abdollahzadeh	200 m 5–6	1	42.71	8				Did not advance					29
Mostafa Porkareh	Slalom 2										2:06.3	4	4

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ghalandar Ataei	Long jump A6/A8/A9/L6	5.77	7
	Triple jump A6/A8/A9/L6	12.22	4
Mohammad Kamyabi	Shot put 2	5.55	6
	Javelin throw 2	18.88	6
Reza Chavoshi	Shot put 3	7.97	4
	Discus throw 3	29.46
Ali Asghar Hadizadeh	Shot put L5	10.79
	Javelin throw L5	30.00	7
Mokhtar Nourafshan	Discus throw 3	29.94
	Javelin throw 3	20.78	5
Ebrahim Askar	Discus throw 4	32.42	5
Hassan Samavati	Discus throw A1-3/A9/L3	23.94
	Javelin throw A1-3/A9/L3	21.08	4
Mohammad Reza Naghavizadeh	Discus throw A4/A9	32.02	8
	Javelin throw A4/A9	39.40	5
Hadi Yarahmadi	Javelin throw 4	27.52
Javad Abdollahzadeh	Javelin throw 5	28.32 WR
Ahmad Rezaei	Javelin throw L5	36.84
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Pentathlon 4	3202.60	4
Mohammad Hassani	Pentathlon A4/A9	2788.82	6

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Men

Squad list	Preliminary round		2nd round	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Group B	Rank
Behrouz Garshasbi Reza Mehrani Javad Rezaei Fereydoun Asadi Mahmoud Rezaei Ali Sardivand	Finland L 0–1	–	Disqualified
	Israel L Walkover
	Hungary L Disqualified
	Egypt L Disqualified
	West Germany L Disqualified
	Netherlands L Disqualified

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ali Akbar Ey-Vatan	67.5 kg	125.0	6

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Men's sitting

Squad list	Preliminary round		Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool B	Rank
Ali Kashfia Mohammad Hossein Parastar Kazem Esmaeilian Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Mohammad Mostafavi Ahmad Shivani Mohsen Barati Hadi Rezaei Reza Gozali Hossein Hashemi Saeid Hanifi Reza Bodaghi	West Germany W 3–0	1 Q	Norway W 3–1	Netherlands W 3–1
	Yugoslavia W 3–0
	United States W 3–0
	Hungary W 3–1

References

• International Paralympic Committee